Angle-cock holder



Jan. 31, 1928.

R. w. BURNE'TT ANGLE COCK HOLDER Filed ocfiv. v1922 2 Sheets-Sheet. l

1m31, 192s. I lrwlzV R. W. BURNETT ANGLE COCK HOLDER Fi1ed0ct-7. 1922 2`Sheets-Sheet- 2 @Mardi/muffled A ZEW 4f 4 4'/ un m Un. y W- MM, 4f u Patented Jan. 31, 1928.

.RICHARD W. BRNETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLENOEl.

ANGLEOCK HOLDER.

Application. led October ".7, 1922.

This invention relates to improvements in angle coclr holders.

Une object of the invention is to provide an iinproved angle coclr holder tol he einployed with train pipesv and Which is characterired by simplicity ot construction, etilciency in operation, and economy of manufacture.

A specilic object of the invention is to provide an angle cock holder having an extension to engage the usual hexagonal nut of an angle cock, the extension being made as a. separate piece from the holding bracket proper and attached thereto so that, in the event ot' breakage ot the nut-engaging extension, the latter inay be readily replaced at small cost Without the necessity ot replacing the entire angle coclr holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and etiicient pipe holding' lrey to be employed with an angle cock holder or train pipe anchor.

ln the drawings forming a` part ot. this specification, Figure l is a side elevational view ot an improved angle, cock holder shove ing inyA improvements in eonnectionthere with. Figure 2 is an end elevational view ot the holder shown in Figure l, the pipe, however, being shown in section. Figures 3 and Ll are views corresponding respectively to Figures 1 and 2 and illustrating another embodiment of the invention. Figures and 6 are vievvs corresponding respectively to Figures l. and 2, yillus'hinting a still further embodiment of the invention. `Figure 7 is a top plan vievvY of the construction illustra-ted in Figure Figure 8 is, a. view` similar to Figure l, illustrating av still different embodiment of the invention. Jsind. Figure S) is an elevational. view of the improved key, detached.`

In said drawings, and referring tirst to the construction illustrated in Figure l, 10 indicates the end sill or buffer block or other suitablel tilted portion at the end of a car, to which the improved angle cock holder is :.idapted to be secured. As shown, theangle cock holder comprises, broadly, a holding bracket proper A; a clamping lrey E; and a seliiarntely lornied nut-engaging lug `plate C. el. portion of the train pipe is indicated at ll, the latter having secured thereto anl angle coclr, a portion ot which is shown, the angle coclr having the usual hexagonal nut section l2.

The holding bracket proper A has an Serial No. 593,125.

inclined arm 13 suitably flanged at its upper end, by which it may be riveted to the ineinber l0 of the car as lby the rivets ll, it being understood that. the arni lil may assuine different il'orinations, dependent upon the orination and location ot. the lined part ot the ear to which the holding bracket is to be secured. it its outer end, the arrn 13 is formed into a. substantially 'inverted llshaped structure having late ally spaced depending arms lwlo united by a topY cro-ss section lo. The arrns i5l5 are provided with transversely alined vertically elongated slots iff-1.7 .vithin which is adapted to. be driven the clamping Wedge key B, the latter.V being described with particularity hcreinafter. @n its inner side, the l-shaped portion of the `hold-.ing bracket is provided With opposed inwardly extending pipe bearings 18H18, it being understood that "he train pipe ll will be wedged thereaga-inst` when the key B is drivenphome. In the particular embodiment of the angle coclr. holder shown, the pipe can be elevatedinto position.`

troni the bottom between the arms 15-115 although inthis respect it willv be understood by those skilled in the art, that the bracket inay be designed with a circular opening through which the pipe will be passed when applied to the car. Y

The topcross. connecting section 1G ot' the bracket is: torined. with a longitudinally enw tending shallow groove 19 detined by` up` standing lips 2()I Within. which groove `is seated one end of the pla-te. C. g

The plate Cv will preferably be nia-de trono rolled steel, cut. to the. required shape. The inner` end thereoMQlf-Whieh seated Within: the. groove 19, rigidly attached tothe bracket A as by rivet 22, the bottom endl of the. rivet 22 being accommodated in a suitable recess 23 provided on the inside ot the bracket A sons to clear the pipe. The outer end @4lot the plate C will ordinarily be downwardly otlset lroin` the inner end 21, as shown in Figure l, so as to engage one face of the nut l2. and thus hold the latter. against turning and; always in its required position.

`The bracket A will ordinarily be made-ot' malleable iron and obviously, werey the nut engaging extension thereof east integrally therewith, there would be danger of said lug extension becoming broken, inasmuch as it is the part inost exposed' toinjuryy and relative ly weakly supported. By employing a seperately formed plate-suoli as that shown at C,

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the danger from injury to the nuteengaging lug is not only decreased but, should it becoine broken, the plate C can readily be replaced by another similar plate without the necessity of replacing the entire holder.

Referring to the construction illustrated in Figures f and s, the arrangement of holding bracket il and key i3 (except as hereinafter described) is the saine as the corresponding members shown in Figures l and 2. ln the arrz'rngeincnt of Figure Zi, a separately formed nut-engaging lug plate C is employed, the latter being cut from a plate and having its inner end upturned as indicated at 121. The holding bracket A is formed with initially opstanding malleable flanges 120--120 on the top thereof which are adapted to be bent inwardly toward each other over the plate C to the positions indicated at 120'- 120 in Figure 'l, so that, when the llanges are so bent, the plate C will be held rigid with the bracket rland prevented from becoming disassembled with respect thereto. In this arrangement, should injury occur to the plate C', it is evident that a new one inay be substituted therefor by lifting up the flanges 120 and bending them back again on to the substituted plate.

Referring next to the construction illus trated in Figures 5 and 6, the arrangement of the holding bracket A2, except as hereinafter described, and the key B2, is the saine as the correspondingly referenced parts shown in Figures l and 2. In the arrangement of Figures 5 and 6, the holding bracket A2 is formed with a pair of longitudinallly separated parallel opstanding flanges 25 and 26 on the top thereof, said flanges 25 and 26 having horizontally longitudinally alined slots 27 and 28, respectively therein. The vertical web of the arln 213 of the brackets A2 will be cut away for a short distance as indicated at 29 to accommodate, when neces sary, the inner end of the nut-engaging` plate C2. The latter consists of a preferably rec tangular cut section of plate of such width and thickness as to be snugly accommodated within the slots 2T and 28. llVhen the plate C2 is cut to forni it will also preferably loe slit so as to provide two longitudinally spaced and alined tongues 3l) and l, each of which is left attached at its inner end, that is, the end toward the right as viewed in Figures 5 and (3, with the main body of the plate C2. The tongue 250 is so located that, when the plate C2 is positioned to the extreme right as shown in Figure 5, the tongue 30 may be bent downwardly to the position indicated at 30 in Figure 5 so as to engage behind the liange 25 and thereby prevent the plate C2 from being withdrawn from the bracket A2. This is the position which will normally be taken by the plate C? but under soine service conditions, it may be necessary to extend the outer end of the plate C2 to a point considerably toward the left of that shown in Figure 5, for which purpose the second tongue 3l is provided so that it may be similarly bent down from the plane of the plate C2 to engage behind the flange. Referring to Figure (i, it will he noted that the .recess to awonnnoilate the train pipe Q11 is forined somewhat di'll'ciI- ently frein that shown in Figures u and -l. In Figure (5, `the recess has no separately dcfined bearings for the pipo but is gradually converged at ,its upper rnd. au ilnlicatcd al,` 9.18 so that the pipe Qll will be wett, d therebetween to prinfide two of the points of contact to ell'ectthe clamping of the pipe.

Referring to the construction illustrated in Figure 8, the arrangement substantially the saine as that shown in Figures l and it except that the plate C" is iliade longeI and has two rivet openings 32-32 therein spaced l longitudinally so as lo adapt the plate C to be held in eithe adjusted position by cinplojiing the proper rivet hole 2352i.

tcferring now to the spcciliio forni ot lho clamping key employed with the angle cock helder and shown best in lligure l). Said key, designated in Figure l) generally by the reference character B is cut from sheet plates and tapered toward one end, haring a bulloni flat edge Al0, wide vertical edge Lll and top inclined edge ill its narrower end, the key lll is slit along the line lll so as to provide an upper tang hl and a lower tang ln actual practice, the lower tang -'l5 will j n'eferably be inadc longer than the tang Llil and the latter will hare its end 4G left blunt, for the purpose hereinafter described. lt will be noted that the direction of the slit Ll is such as to render the tang ai? graually narrower froin its oulcr free end l? toward its inner end where it incrgcs with the inain body of the plate. This is of ini porlance in the construction of the key, inasniuch as the tang -linthe one employed lo hold the key in positionfafter it ie driven heine. lllllhcn the key is in its proper posi tion, the tang Ll5 will be hammered around the adjacent portion of the holding bracket and by reason of the gradual narrowing in width of the tang #l5 toward the point of its coalesccnce with the inain portion of the key, the bend will naturally occur immediately :nljarent the portion of the briu'ket about which it is being bent, since this will obviousy be [he uarrowesl; and therefore the weakest section oll the lang which can be bent. ll'ith this arrangement. l :un sure o l' obtaining the bend in the holding lang as close to the bracket as possible and hence eliminate posr'bility of the key bturoinng loose and having free play in the bracket after it has been placed in position. lllcrc the lmlding tang of gradually weaker section toward its free end` the bend in the tang u'ouhfl not come close tothe portion of the bracket lllil llEl around which it is necessary 'to hammer' and consequently the bend, in many instances, would be sufficiently removed from the bracket as to allorr the key to rattle in posi tion. The shorter tang Llil is employed to hammer the key out when desired, the end lll thereof being left blunt for this purpose.

l have herein shown and described what I new consider the preferred manner of carrying out the invention, but the same is merely .illustrative and l contemplate all changes and modifications that come Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

l claim:

l. in angle cock holder comprising: a bracket adapted to be secured to a relatively .aired support and provided with a pipereceiving opening and means for clamping the pipe therein, said bracket being pro vided on the top thereof with an extension with an opening therethrough and a shoulder inwardly of said opening; and a separately formed plate extended partly through said opening and ha fing its outer end positioned to engage the nut of the angle cock, said plate being provided with a plurality of loiigitudinally aligned integral tongues adapting the plate for adjustable connection with the bracket, one of said tongues being YJ offset to engage behind said shoulder and thereby prevent Withdrawal of the plate accidentally from the bracket.

Q. ln an angle cock holder, the combination with a bracket adapted to be secured to a fixed part of a railway car and provided with downwardly extending spaced arms 'to permit insertion and removal of a pipe therebetween; of detachable means co-operable with said arms for retaining the pipe in position; and a seperately formed, replaceable lug plate located on the upper side of said bracket, said plate having its forward end extended and adapted to engage the nut of an angle cock carried by said pipe 'to prevent turning thereof, said bracket having a longitudinally extending recess Within which said plate is received, said plate having an integrally7 formed section co-operable with a shoulder integrally formed on the bracket to prevent movement of the plate outwardly toward the angle cock, said plate being normally held in fixed position but removable upon deforma tion of one of said co-operable inter-engag ing parts oi die plate and bracket, the pipe and angle cock being removable from the bracket Without disturbing the lug plate.

ln Witness that l claim the foregoing` I have hereunto subscribed my name this 25th day of September, 1922.

RICHARD W. BURNETT.

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